26.04.2012CEICPEM Session
The activity of Centre for Educational Integration of Children and Pupils from Ethnic Minorities in 2011 and a draft budget for 2012 were key topic at the meeting of the Governing Board of the Centre, held on 24 April. It was chaired by the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Education Krasimir Valchev.
The Board adopted the 2011 activity report of CEICPEM, publication on the website of the Centre is pending. The 2012 budget to be allocated by the Ministry of Education for the Centre activity will amount to 1.3 million BGN. Apart from the running and administrative costs, the budget envisages additional funding for Calls for proposals announced in 2011 and two quite new procedures. One of them will support the process of desegregation of the Roma schools and the other will support schools in their effort to elaborate forms of involving and effective participation of Roma parents. Besides the budget, the Centre will rely on revenue from international donors, as the Roma Education Fund.
On the proposal of Deyan Kolev it was decided that the rich to-date experience in extracurricular activities in the field of intercultural education, funded by CEICPEM shall be summarized, classified and the major categories of activities shall be explicitly proposed for inclusion into SUCCESS program of the Ministry of Education. Thus, the schools will be able to provide funding outside the delegated budget for many attractive extracurricular forms such as ‘Ethnic Folklore’, ‘Roma Folklore’ and others.
Another discussed topic was the opportunity for CEICPEM to receive funding under the OP Human Resource Development as well as other financial sources. This will provide an opportunity to encompass more schools in terms of integration targeted educational activities.
CEICPEM is a structure of the Ministry of Education distributing funds between schools and other institutions to support the realization of the Strategy for educational integration of children and pupils from ethnic minorities and the National Roma Integration Strategy. Among the members of the Center’s Governing Board are representatives of departments at the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance, NCCEII and NGOs (Centre ‘Amalipe’, Foundation SEGA and the Institute ‘Ivan Hadzhiiski’). Chairperson of the organization is the Deputy Minister of Education Milena Damyanova.
